Mera Bharat MyHorn..!!

Just when you thought i disappeared from the face of the most populous city of the second most populous country of the most populated planet... here i am.. back to college after a 2 month 'weight loss' program called summer internship! (4hrs of traveling in the sweltering heat and you d agree with me)

Being one of the lucky ones to have been to 5 of the 6 metros (Somehow never got a chance to go to BANDHladesh... Kolkata for the uninitiated) i thought it would be fun to compare the road manners across the ones ive have lived in sufficiently and have had the privilege to experience : Hyderabad, Bengalooru and Mumbai. Congestion on roads is a common thread that connects all these cities.. but all the misery is to end soon.. what with the Bengalooru,Hyderabad and Mumbai metros coming up within no time.. just another 11-13 yrs!

But you never know.. the mumbai metro with a super charged Anil Ambani could be completed a few days before schedule and may be we can have "Baa" from 'Kyunki Saas bhi Kabhi..' fame to inaugurate the Andheri station. Oh and btw she would be celebrating her 419th birthday on the daily soap. Legend has it.. that Baa's town has run out of candles celebrating her bday for the last "oh god how long is she gonna live" years.

Lets get started with all the noise then :
Disclaimer: these are just my observations and am sure there will be a lot to add.. but then what is India without diverse opinions ;)

Hyderabad
Road Sense	Minimal. Over enthusiastic Auto drivers bring the overall Road sense IQ to sub zero levels.
Chief Mischief makers	The 3 wheeler called ‘Auto’ The Chief Minister himself, every time he ventures out.
Driver's nightmare	Punjagutta/Ameerpet main roads on a weekday evening. Any place where there’s a celebrity to be spotted, even if it is Abhijeet Sawant.
Method/Mode of Abuse	Mostly a mixture of Hindi, Urdu and Telugu. Usually starts with an attack on self and then proceeds towards family members. Minimal use of English.
Role of Traffic Cop	What?
What to watch out for	APSRTC bus drivers pretending to be a certain someone called Michael Schumacher Pan spitting men behind a wheel.

Mumbai
Road Sense	Excellent in SoBo (south Bombay) due to absence of autowallahs and two wheelers. Lane system followed. Actually there is no space to fool around!
Chief Mischief makers	There’s just so much traffic, everyone has just either themselves or god to blame!
Driver's nightmare	Any place where there’s a flyover being constructed. There is no off peak hour.
Method/Mode of Abuse	Mostly Hindi. Usually starts with abuses related to an attack on family members. Use of English in South Bombay by Porsche, Lamborghini users.
Role of Traffic Cop	Usually stuck near the Airport or any other place where there is a flyover being constructed. Hardly seen on busy junctions. Could have the least life expectancy of all the traffic men in the country.
What to watch out for	Huge Potholes that can eat up a Mahindra Scorpio! The months between June to September (it Rains cats, dogs, buffaloes and dinosaurs).

Bengalooru
Road Sense	Was good till ‘Namma Metro’ started. ‘One ways’ can be very confusing to first time drivers.
Chief Mischief makers	Infosys Technologies (may be has more buses plying than KSRTC) Weird looking Autos. Have the biggest 'back rest for the driver' in the whole of India.
Driver's nightmare	Hosur Road, any day anytime (Married Software Engineers have spent more time on this road than with their newlyweds) MG Road, after the commencement of the Metro Rail.
Method/Mode of Abuse	Mostly in mixture of languages as 98.6% of India’s software junta plies on the roads. Usually sophisticated abuses due to high level of literacy. Most of the Autowallahs can speak English.
Role of Traffic Cop	Sport funny looking attire with a weird hat cum helmet. Seem sincere and effective but somehow go un noticed.
What to watch out for	Any road leading to ‘FORUM’ Eager single guys showing off their two wheelers (bought under loan) on MG, Brigade Roads to impress.. u know…

haven't stayed in Chennai and Delhi long enough to gauge into their traffic woes. India could be the country that is the reason why the inventor of the 'Horn' can live off the royalties for the next 6000 Yrs. All these minor glitches apart, Mera Bharat MyHorn.. err Mahaan!!

Till Next taunt ;)
Adios